Wall-paper roll.



Patented sept. `21, 1915.

.f1/V VEN TUR HERBERT C. JARVIS, OFYTOBONTO, 'QNTRIQ CANADA.

WALL-PAPER ROLL.

` Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2t, 319115.

Application led February'IG, 1915. Serial No. 8,674.

A To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT C. JARvIs, a subject of the'King of GreatBritain, residing in the .city of Toronto, in the county o f York,Province of Ontario, Canada, have in- Vented certain new and usefulImprove-- ments in Wall-Paper Rolls, of which the following .is aspecification.

Wall paper-is "sold in rolls, the body or patterned portion of the paperbeing bordered -at each side with a yselvage edge,

which, among other functions, serves the very important purpose ofprotecting the patterned portion from damage. 'Ihese selvages nust becut olf before the paper is usedand this trimming is a job requiringtimeand skill for its proper performance.,

I aim to make it' possible to rapidly remove the selvages without dangerof spoiling the paper and to retain the benefit of the protection giventhe paper in the roll by these selvages.'

I attain my object by partly severing the selvages from the roll,leaving them attached to the roll by narrow uncut portions at regularintervals. Whenthe paper is in the roll the s'elvages are so securelyheld in place that they will remain in place and adeguately protect thepaper. When the paper 1s unrolled, the selvages are easily pulled olf,

the narrow uncut portions readily breaking.

-When the paper is hung, the broken edges of the uncut connectingportions practically disappear and the joints appear as clean as w1thpaper ltrimmed in the ordinary way.-

To prevent the selvages becoming acci#y dentally torn when the paper isin the roll and to hold them-tightly rolled in place, a

strlp of paper is gummed around each end of the roll.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which-Figure 1 is a Yperspective view of a roll `of wall paper constructed inaccordance with my inventionand partly unrolled, and Fig. 2 a similarview of the roll completely rolled and *with` the ends secured.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding partsin the different igures.

1 is the paper of which the roll is composed and 2 the selvages. Theselvages are in the main severed from the roll, being merely connectedthereto at intervals. I

have found in practicea very good arrangement is to sever the selvagesfrom the paper `by clean cuts 3 about 2 or 3 long, the

cuts alternating with narrow uncut portions 4 preferably not more thanone eighth of an inch in width. The cuts 3 extend from end to end of theweb of paper forming the roll, and must of course accurately follow thehne of demarcation between the patterned or .body portion of the paperand the selvages.

When the web of paper is completely rolled, a band 5 of paper is gummedaround each end of the roll coveringthe exposed portion of the selvagesand securing them to the roll. These bands of paper securely hold theselvages in place so that they will remain in place and adequatelyprotect the paper against damage.

When the roll of paper isused, the sel- Vvages are easily torn off byhand completely avoiding the necessity of employing skilled labor in thetrimming of the paper.

It will be understood of course that I do not desire to limit myself tothe exact proportions of the cuts and the uncut portions connecting thebody of the paper with the selva-ges, as these may be widely variedwithe out departing from the spiritbf my invention, the main point beingthat there is sulficient attachment between the selvages and the body ofthe paperto hold the selvages in place during all ordinary handling ofthe roll before use, when reinforced by the bands ofupaper ed aroundeach end of the ro What I claim as my invention is 1. A roll of wallpaper in which the selvages are partly severed from the roll.

2. A. roll of wall paper in which the selvages are partly severed fromthe roll inO combination with a band of paper gummed around each end ofthe roll.

3. A -roll of wall paper in which the selvagesare partly severed fromthe roll by a series of clean cuts alternating with narrow uncutportions.

4. A roll of wall paper in which the selvages are partly severed fromthe roll by a v series of clean cuts alternating with narrow incombination with means covering the eX- f Feb. 1915, in t-he presence of611e two-.11'11- posed portions of the selvages and securngder-signedwitnesses.

them to` the roll. l *A v I 6. A rollvof Wall pafper in which the sel-*HERBERT C' JARV-S 5 vages are cut and held in place for shippingWitnesses: by suitable end. bands. J. EDW. MAYBE,-

Signed at Toronto, Caada, this 6th dey E. P.

